(This story is posted on the Literotica website. Do not repost anywhere else without the author's consent. This story deals with similar themes as the stories by wannabeboytoy, seducedHylas, and Dark Betrayal. I do not condone any of these actions in real life. This is just a story. Enjoy.)
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Victoria was Dan's new boss. Dan's company had brought her in to sort things out. She had been transferred in from one of the company's other branches. Dan had applied for the job, having been with the company for six years. He knew everyone in this branch, and they all thought he would be a great fit, except the bosses, apparently. It became clear once Victoria started why he was passed over for the job. Victoria was an aggressive, no-holds-barred, businesswoman. She was totally corporate in every way, and a company girl, both are things the higher ups love. It didn't hurt that she was very good looking also. She had a gorgeous face, and even though she always wore bulky, professional clothing, you could tell she had a great body. Her attractiveness was counterbalanced by her bad attitude. She was, quite simply, a stone-cold bitch. She was the type of person who you could not imagine letting loose. You could not envision her in a non-workplace setting. Dan doubted she had made a single friend since she started here.
As the economy went into the tank, job losses were inevitable. Dan got the impression that Victoria took great pleasure in firing people. A lot of people were worried that they were losing their jobs, including Dan's wife, Jane. She was two years younger than him at 25. Dan and Jane had met through this company. She worked in HR, while he was a step or so down from the bosses, so she was clearly more expendable. Dan assured her it would be okay, that they wouldn't dare fire her since they all knew he was her husband.
Layoffs had begun almost as soon as Victoria came on board. Dan wondered if they brought her in specifically to do the firing, or if this was her own doing. Since Dan was one of the more popular people on staff, he was saddened as many of his friends lost their jobs. It made his dislike for Victoria grow. First, she had taken his job, and then she proceeded to fire a bunch of his friends. They had only interacted a few times, and she was cordial to him, not particular friendly, but polite. He responded in kind to her.
That all changed when he found out that Victoria had called Jane into his office. A sense of dread filled him when Jane told him about this. She had called him the second she found out to see if he had heard anything. He hadn't, so he was very worried when he saw his wife walk into Victoria's office.
Victoria's secretary let her in, and a worried Jane entered Victoria's office. Jane saw Victoria sitting behind her desk, reading some files. She didn't even look up as she indicated for Jane to sit down. Jane sat for a few moments in silence before Victoria finally looked up at her.
"Jane, I was brought into this branch to clean things up. If I had to describe how things were run here in one word, it would be sloppy. I feel as if you guys have made a lot of poor hires, and based most of your choices for promotions on a basis of friendship. This to me is unacceptable. I put a lot of that on you." Victoria said.
"I'm not the one making the decisions on hires or promotions." Jane responded.
"Then what do you do exactly? Because quite honestly, looking at your resume, you were unqualified at the time of your hire, and your work has been mediocre since being hired." Victoria replied.
"Uh, I do mainly administrative work. Clerical work. And I don't think my work has been mediocre." Jane defended.
"Well I do. The work you do is work anyone that knows how to read can do. The only reason no one says anything is because your hubby is one of the higher ups here. That is not an issue to me. You are the epitome of what is wrong here. A hire based on the fact that you knew someone here, not that you were qualified. Everyone knows you are terrible at what you do, but you're still here, so they figure, I don't have to work hard. They think if she still has her job, being as terrible as she is, then they can get away with a little less work. Everyone knows that. So tell me, Jane, why should I keep you here?" Victoria asked. Jane was taken aback
"That's ridiculous! Uh, I've always felt I've done good work. I'm dedicated to what I do. I know how things work around here. Everyone around here likes me. I think it would leave a big hole if I wasn't here." Jane stammered out.
"Quite frankly, I could put all you duties on one other person and it would add maybe an hour of work a day." Victoria replied.
"That's not true. I do a lot of work!" Jane said. Victoria looked at her like a slow child and smiled.
"Jane, you're fired. Have your things out of your desk by the end of the day." Victoria said in a brutally uninterested tone. Jane couldn't control herself and put her head in hands and started to sob. Victoria rolled her eyes at this.
"Jane, please leave my office. I have work to do." Victoria said coldly. Jane stood up and walked out, her hand shielding her tears from the view of others.
Dan saw his wife rush through the office, shielding her eyes. He quickly got up and ran after her. He caught up to her in an empty hallway. He grabbed her arm and turned her around.
"What happened?" Dan asked, worried. He saw her tears and smeared makeup.
"She fired me. That bitch fired me!" Jane said before crying some more.
"What? Why?" he asked.
"She said that my work was bad. She said that I was useless. She pretty much called me an idiot." she sobbed. Dan pulled her into a hug. His anger was boiling. He could justify some of Victoria's actions. Maybe this place could be run a little better. Maybe they needed to trim the fat, so to speak. But, to not only fire his wife, who was a great worker, and very popular, but to berate and humiliate her while doing it? That was over the line. He was seeing red.
"It'll be okay, Janey. I'll go talk to her. It'll be okay." he said, itching for revenge. "Stay here." he added, seeing that she had calmed down a little. He turned and started to walk towards Victoria's office.
Dan would not stand for this. Quite frankly, he had enough with this company. He had put in six years of hard work. He had done all the right things. Worked from the bottom, put in overtime, made friends with all the right people. What did get for all that hard work? He got passed over for a big promotion as they brought in an outside hire. A cold-hearted, ruthless bitch who nobody liked. And that bitch was firing all his friends, all great workers. Then, she fired his wife. That was the last straw.
Dan had signed into a contract a few years ago, all but assured he would be given the promotion when the time came. Well, that time came and went. But unfortunately, this contract locked him in. He couldn't quit unless certain criteria were met, and unfortunately none had been. He was legally unable to quit. But he could get fired. He was not gonna stay and work for the same company that so viciously fired his wife. He had enough contacts where he was confident he could find another job easily. He was gonna do what he's wanted to do to Victoria for months. He was going to rip into her until she had no choice but to fire him. He walked right past the secretary and burst into her office. Victoria looked up with an amused smirk.
"What the hell is your problem?" he yelled at her.
"What's wrong, Dan?" she asked naively.
"You know what's wrong! You fired my wife! You humiliated her!" Dan replied.